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Poor Mark Sanchez. It’s Thanksgiving week and everyone in the Big Apple thinks he’s the turkey.
The blade of ridicule has been unkind since Sunday’s loss to the Patriots. Whether it’s strong words from his teammates to get with it or scornful headlines plastered on the back pages of newspapers or the morning talk show host’s shout of “Sanchez has to get serious,” or the afternoon bloviator’s declaration that the kid “has no respect for the game,” the abuse is everywhere and it’s as endless as a commute from Suffolk County to midtown.
He’s gone from matinee idol to Broadway Schmo to the laughingstock who’s cost the Jets yet another shot at the postseason. He’s been so bad during New York’s abominable 1-5 run after a 3-0 start to the season that fans want him on the bench. And those are the tame ones. The more rabid would like to see him tied to a bench and East Rivered.
Such is life in New York when you’re loser. Especially when you’re a loser who throws four interceptions and fumbles in a game against New England that your team was actually in for about a minute and a half.
The good news is there are only six games left in the season. The bad news, things could get a lot worse during the next six weeks.
*The DMSTCW forecasts Mark Sanchez will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2030 after an 18-year career during which he will accumulate: 111,186 passing yards (he was born on November 11, 1986); 6 Super Bowl championships (to go along with his uniform number); $1 billion in endorsements (including several deals involving teeth-whitening products); 11,550 panties (same numbers as the zip code of the Jets’ headquarters in Hempstead, New York, which incidentally, will be renamed Sanchezstead upon his retirement); enough pats on the behind from Fireman Ed to make him feel uncomfortable; and 1 kiss from Suzy Kolber (willingly given).
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